Air pollution plans to tackle wood burners

These are the sort of articles, and maybe the press will get onside. that give green politics a bad name. I keep telling them, small, practical steps, not knee jerk reactions.
 
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Yup - bad reporting to be fair. World of difference between 'wet' wood and kiln dried/naturally dried for a start. When we burn wood, we dry it out for 8-12 months first - always have done. The referenced 'petrol pump' logs, we've got one in the coal bunker for next winter.
 
The press releases have all been this bad. Action is great, but it does alienate non-green voters. When you compare the NOX emissions, these really are just a tiny factor.

I bet most people don't know whether their wood is green or dried. Are new stoves fitted with a filter, or something? It doesn't really say how they will be cleaner?
 
Had a quick scoot around and realised they'd all taken the same take. Just seems this was the message jumped on when in reality, it's two different things for a start in relation to particulates and carbon, and it's a tiny piece of the puzzle in any event.

Best I could track down it was more vague wide promises and no substance. Truth is, most wood burning stoves can only burn the kiln dried stuff anyway as it's the only thing that will fit and have some longevity of burn without going out.

So it's not really an issue, someone just got confused somewhere on pallet wood in the countryside being an issue if used in the city (it's not used in the city anyway) lol
 
mike_field said:
Yup - bad reporting to be fair. World of difference between 'wet' wood and kiln dried/naturally dried for a start. When we burn wood, we dry it out for 8-12 months first - always have done. The referenced 'petrol pump' logs, we've got one in the coal bunker for next winter.
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Glad to see your finally in agreement with me regarding bad reporting from the BBC

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lol my line is true mate. They are the better of a bad bunch, that's why you compare and contrast.
 
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